keep (something) dark
keep (something) dark
To hide or withhold knowledge of something from others; to keep something secret. Unfortunately, when you collaborate with large corporations, there is a lot of information they make you keep dark. She somehow managed to keep their relationship dark for over a year.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
keep something dark
If you keep something dark, you keep it a secret. She took pleasure in keeping dark the identity of the man who was coming.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
keep something dark
keep something secret from other people. 1993 New York Review of Books Ottoline was determined to keep her affair with Russell safe from Bloomsbury's prying eyes and she and Russell went to Feydeauesque lengths to keep their secret dark.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
keep it/something ˈdark (from somebody)
(British English, informal) keep something secret: I’ve got a new job, but keep it dark, won’t you?See also: dark, keep, something
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- a/the feel of (something)
- a slew of (something)
- a slue of (something)
- a fast talker
- (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
- a straw will show which way the wind blows
- a crack at (someone or something)
- all right
- (you) wanna make something of it?
- all for the best